BIRD ALERT: Waxwings eat insects during the summer and then switch to berries in the winter. Bohemian waxwings will go south into Colorado, where they dine on juniper berries, buckthorn and Russian olives.
“They can be present around Denver in any given winter – and winter only – but they are not guaranteed to be here, and they are very famous for being inconsistent,” said Sam Wilber, the programs coordinator for the nonprofit High Line Canal Conservancy. “You never know where or when, and when they do show up, it’s always a surprise.”
Both kinds of waxwings eat insects during the summer and then switch to berries in the winter, but since there aren’t that many trees or bushes that produce berries in the winter, waxwings have to be selective, Wilber said. When food is short in their normal hunting grounds further north, Bohemian waxwings will go south into Colorado, where they dine on juniper berries, buckthorn and Russian olive, methodically moving from berry patch to berry patch.
The last time a sizable flock of Bohemian Waxwings, which breed in Canada, Alaska and the far north of Europe and Asia, was spotted in Colorado was in 2013, according to birder and conservancy volunteer, Jared Del Rosso, who provided the organization with information.sign up for alerts on the website ebird.comOn Saturday, Feb. 18, the High Line Canal Conservancy will welcome birders for the Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual global community science initiative.
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